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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning French, Italian, Spanish
  • 48, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Portfolio Manager
  • Post Graduate
  • From Buffalo, NY, USA
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To continue learning and growing as a person through new experiences and meeting interesting people from all walks of life.

ABOUT ME

Grew up outside Buffalo, NY, USA, now live in Rochester, NY (via NYC)..presently work for a mutual fund Company that i luckily get to do some traveling for as well as getting a fair amount of vacation time a year ...love to meet and learn from people from all walks of life and experience anything new!!

PHILOSOPHY

'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the places and moments that take our breath away'

'There is no such things as a bad trip, just good travel stories to tell back home.'

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have a couch available in Rochester, NY and would appreciate anyone that would open their home and couch to me if my travels take me their way.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

New to Couchsurfing...met some girls that were backpacking through Italy (via Budapest) that recommended the site to me...sounds like a great way to see the world in a budget friendly way and meet some cool people along the way!!

Interests

Boy where do i start...traveling (obviously), cooking, history, finance, politics, religion, music, food, wine, movies, reading, golf, tennis, swimming, boxing, fly fishing, scuba diving, sailing, snow and water skiing, hockey, any new adventure!, etc.

  • books
  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • flying
  • politics
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • fishing
  • backpacking
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • boxing
  • hockey
  • tennis
  • swimming
  • golf
  • history
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Good movies - Into the Wild, Wall Street, etc. , Good music - everything from classical to rap depending on my mood and artist

Travel, History & Finance books

Teach, Learn, Share

I have the travel bug and have used the book '1,000 places to see before you die' (both N. American & international) as my Bible over the last couple of years....have about 100 checked off on the International & 200 checked on the N. American version...i'm really up to experiencing and meeting anyone new that i can learn from and vice versa and hopefully making each other better people in the process....i love learning and growing as a person.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Ecuador, France, Italy, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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